Watch a video of Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Camilla Dallerup talking about acupuncture and back pain.

Watch a video retired R&D manager Peter Spittle and acupuncturist Julie Reynolds talking about how acupuncture helps with his back pain.

Several large clinical trials have been carried out on acupuncture for non-specific, low back pain:

In 2007 MacPherson compared ‘Acupuncture and GP care’ with ‘Usual GP care’ in 241 patients and found that the group who received acupuncture were ”...more likely to report fewer concerns about their back pain, less likely to report current use of analgesics for their pain, and more likely to report no pain for the past 12 months…”. You can read the entire York Acupuncture for Back Pain Trial article here.

You can read the following news articles on temporary or short term relief of lower back pain: